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A 200-bed facility located at Gateway Center in Northwest Bangalore. The hospital opened in 2008 and provides comprehensive tertiary-level services, such as cardiac operations, orthopedics and neuroscience, as well as secondary-level medical care.

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Pediatric Physical Therapy is available at Columbia Asia Referral Hospital

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About Pediatric Physical Therapy

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What is pediatric physical therapy?

It is a subspecialty of medicine that focuses on diagnosing treating and managing physical impairments in infants, children, and adolescents.

What are the benefits of pediatric physical therapy?

Pediatric physical therapists normally work with children to help them reach their potential in independently functioning.

They involve the family in the child’s care so as to promote participation in school, community, and home activities.

They apply clinical reasoning in diagnosing and treating your child.

They promote the overall well being of your child through various support programs

They consult with the family, medical, developmental and rehabilitation specialists

They facilitate motor development and function to enable the child has functional independence

They ease the challenges of daily caregiving

They improve the strength and endurance of the child

How is pediatric physical therapy different from regular physical therapy?

Pediatric physical therapy deals with treatment issues about children. The doctors have special skills and training in how to communicate and interact with the young ones. Pediatric physical therapists incorporate knowledge from several disciplines such as orthopedic, neurological and developmental.

Children often do not understand why they need the physical therapy. Family involvement and trained pediatric physical therapists smooth out the process and make the healing process as fun and interactive as possible.

Pediatric physical therapy focuses on improving lower extremity function, core stability, and motor ability. Because every child is different, the pediatric physical therapists create tailored programs which are based on prior evaluation and practices based on evidence.

Plyometrics: These are exercises which involve short and energetic movements that aim to increase speed and strength

Kinesiotaping: This aims at reeducating the neuromuscular system, minimizing pain, reducing edema, prevention of injury, improvement of circulation and healing and optimizing performance.

Theratog: This is a garment system which focuses on alignment guidance outside of typical therapy sessions gentle and progressive muscle support.

Neurodevelopmental Treatment

Motor control and learning

Electrical Stimulation

Gait training

Supported weight bearing

Strengthening and neuromuscular re-education

Aquatic therapy

Manual therapy

The family’s role

The parents and family have an important role to play in their child’s growth and development. The pediatric physical therapist works with the family to implement a tailored program to help the child with their impairments. This includes: